Brushes with Telltale

[The Highway]

So, just the other week, I added my contacts from gmail to facebook. But I didn't really check who they were. a few days later i get the message "Nika Telltale has accepted your friend request". :D I didn't even remember when she sent out the things with her own email, so this was a bit surprising. Does anyone else have telltale staff they have phone numbers of, facebooks, etc. of? (don't post their personal details, though!)

http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1395&stc=1&d=1271925812

[Irishmile]

I have some "friends" on the telltale staff on facebook... I am sure they love hearing me whine about lack of lemonhead candies and getting updates on what my kids are up to.

[guitarsareboring]

I'm currently camped outside the house of a Telltale employee.

[Avistew]

I don't have any of them as friends, but I've found their pages and come back regularly to drool over their profile pictures.

[The Highway]

these are the male employees, im guessing? geez, avi... self control!

[nikasaur]

Hahaha I just signed up with a new work-ish Facebook name, and I'm more than happy to add you guys to it, as it's much more active than the main one my friends tell me to use.

Also I had no idea that was you, I was like "yeah I'll accept this oh look POKING? Is that normal?

[Falanca]

I generally poke everyone in sight, normally...

[Secret Fawful]

I added Dave Grossman, Mike Stemmle, Tim Schafer, Dominic Armato, Steve Purcell, Josh Mandel, Mark Darin, Scott Murphy, and Al Lowe on Facebook, but I'm still trying to get Bill Tiller, Bill Farmer, and Nick Jameson. They add me at their own risk due to my frequent emo rants and random nonsensical status messages.

[MarkDarin]

I don't have any of them as friends, but I've found their pages and come back regularly to drool over their profile pictures.

Awww... thats so sweet! I'm gonna start stalking you too! :p

[Shauntron]

Awww... thats so sweet! I'm gonna start stalking you too! :p

Fighting creepy with creepy!

[Avistew]

Awww... thats so sweet! I'm gonna start stalking you too! :p

Wow, I've never been stalked back before!

[Rather Dashing]

Wow, I've never been stalked back before!
I can't find it, but I once heard a quote along the lines of "Love is when two people decide to mutually stalk each other".

[Avistew]

I can't find it, but I once heard a quote along the lines of "Love is when two people decide to mutually stalk each other".

Only two? That's awfully restrictive.

[Hassat Hunter]

The 2 survivors obviously.

[Thespis]

Wow, I've never been stalked back before!

That you know of.

[Avistew]

That you know of.

Well, when you stalk someone, you tend to know where they are and what they are doing...

[Rather Dashing]

Well, when you stalk someone, you tend to know where they are and what they are doing...
That's why they stalk by proxy through someone else. The information gets passed to them in ways that look like they are aspects of their normal routine. Also, since they're stalking you, they know when you give up for the day and go to sleep.

[nikasaur]

Wow, I've never been stalked back before!

You underestimate the creep-factor of Mark Darin. He is my role model.

[Lena_P]

Yeah, he is a creep since he's stalking avistew and not me, even though I've been stalking him through facebook for like, a year. French dames get all the guys ...

[patters]

Wow, I've never been stalked back before!

He's got mad detective skills.

[MarkDarin]

Hey hey hey... I have enough stalking love for everyone!

(That's why I'm not allowed back into the state of Pennsylvania)

[nikasaur]

(That's why I'm not allowed back into the state of Pennsylvania)

(Rest assured he continues to love all of Pennsylvania regardless.)

[puzzlebox]

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[MarkDarin]

(Rest assured he continues to love all of Pennsylvania regardless.)

(But not New Jersey. ...You know why, NJ.)

[Lena_P]

Too late Darin. You weren't acknowledging my needs, so I found someone new. From now on I'm stalking puzzlebox.

[nikasaur]

Too late Darin. You weren't acknowledging my needs, so I found someone new. From now on I'm stalking puzzlebox.

I might be with you here.

Quickly, the initiation rights for Team Cootie!

[puzzlebox]

from now on i'm stalking puzzlebox.

i might be with you here.

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[Avistew]

I think I've started a whole stalking movement...

I couldn't be more proud *snif*

[GinnyN]

I want to add people, but the only thing I do is spam Farmville messages and write non sensical feelings in spanish, when I remember to put the #fb tag on twitter. So... I feel it's ok to spam people which is non interested with that.

[GuruGuru214]

I generally poke everyone in sight, normally...

You still talking about Facebook here?

[Kroms]

Wow, uh, "Nika Telltale" doesn't read very well for dudes fluent in both Arabic and English. It sort of reads as an order to have, uh, "have sex with" Telltale, but in a degrading manner. It's a word I probably can't use on these forums, but that George Carlin might've approved of. You can figure it out.

Didthisthreadgetcreepy?

[Avistew]

Incidentally, that word has made it into French.
Most likely due to the high rate of immigration from North Africa. Lots of current French words come from Arabic.

[nikasaur]

Nika is a crass word for intercourse?

Really...?

That's not okay, that's my nickname!

[Avistew]

Nika is a crass word for intercourse?

Really...?

That's not okay, that's my nickname!

Well in French it's "nique", pronounced like "Nick" "neeq". But you know, there are guys called "Dick" so I'm sure it's not that bad.

EDIT: and "Connor" sounds like "connard", which means "asshole".

RE-EDIT: Kroms right. I keep forgetting English has both short and long "i/ee" sounds. Corrected the pronunciation.

[nikasaur]

Wait REALLY? Nique is another of my nicknames ohhhh my god.

I'm quitting life.

[Avistew]

Wait REALLY? Nique is another of my nicknames ohhhh my god.

I'm quitting life.

Nooooo!
I'm sure it makes you very popular among French/Arabic people, and most other people won't get it!

EDIT: Oh, by the way, you said "oh my god". Well "gode", pronounced like "god", it a... feminine toy, in French. Starts with D and ends with O in English.

So, really, if God didn't change his name, you shouldn't have to.

[Kroms]

Yeah, it's "nique", pronounced like "neek". Used alone, it sounds like an order.

I think it's amusing more than anything.

*shrug*

[nikasaur]

Mon dieu.

[coolsome]

I wana be stalked but I don't have facebook

[MarkDarin]

Uhhh.... I'm starting to feel really uncomfortable stalking you people. What have I gotten myself into?!

[Avistew]

Uhhh.... I'm starting to feel really uncomfortable stalking you people. What have I gotten myself into?!

Pff, typical. People always think it's so easy to stalk. They take it all for granted. How does it feel, realising it's actually HARD WORK, eh? Maybe from now on you'll be more appreciative of my job.

[Fealiks]

My facebook name is Phil Aeshio and stalkers are welcome. My real name is Phil, by the way, I just don't like my real surname so I decided to make a hilarious joke out of it instead. If you don't think it's hilarious then we aren't friends and you shouldn't add me on facebook. We're co-workers and nothing more.

[nikasaur]

At least your name isn't nique.

[Fealiks]

This is the internet so you can't tell, but I'm laughing and pointing.

[Giant Tope]

my intials are bs. my parents didn't think that through well enough.

[Fealiks]

my intials are bs. my parents didn't think that through well enough.

Haha, BS... as in "big silly"... I get it.

[GinnyN]

Ok, I did a test.

My name is Ximena Contreras and it's read "Himena". I know it's has no sense, don't ask me.

Ok, you can stalk me now. If you want.

[Avistew]

That... Kinda sounds like hymen.
If we're trying to find meaning to people's name.

Mine is Alice. At school they had a whole poem/song about sausages sliding between my smooth thighs. Because all of that rimes with Alice in French. So it was some kind of alliteration, except with the end of words instead of the beginning.

Plus everyone I met would be like "in Wonderland? Hahahaha" like they were the first person ever to think of it -_-'.

EDIT: by the way Ginny, Chimène is a name in French, I think yours is related.

[Fealiks]

That... Kinda sounds like hymen.
If we're trying to find meaning to people's name.

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Mine is Alice. At school they had a whole poem/song about sausages sliding between my smooth thighs. Because all of that rimes with Alice in French. So it was some kind of alliteration, except with the end of words instead of the beginning.
That really needs explaining.

Also, isn't alliteration at the end of words rhyming?

[Lena_P]

Um, Kroms, isn't it pronounced more like "naka"? At least that's how it's pronounced in the Khaliji dialect. Which reminds me of this really funny story about a Japanese ambassador sent to King Saud ... :D

[patters]

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That really needs explaining.

Also, isn't alliteration at the end of words rhyming?

No, alliteration is a sequence of words starting with the same letter i.e. Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

[Giant Tope]

At school they had a whole poem/song about sausages sliding between my smooth thighs.

...errr oh dear.

[Avistew]

That really needs explaining.

Alice > "ah-LEES" (in French)
saucisse> "so-SEES" (sausage)
glisse> "GLEES" (slides)
cuisses> "KWEES" (thighs)
lisses> "LEES" (smooth)
and I forgot "miss"> "MEES" (in French)

Also, isn't alliteration at the end of words rhyming?

No, I'm pretty sure an alliteration is the beginning of words being the same. The example I can think of is "Pour qui sont ces serpents qui sifflent sur vos têtes ?" ("For whom are these snakes who are hissing over your heads?")

[Fealiks]

Alice > "ah-LEES" (in French)
saucisse> "so-SEES" (sausage)
glisse> "GLEES" (slides)
cuisses> "KWEES" (thighs)
lisses> "LEES" (smooth)
and I forgot "miss"> "MEES" (in French)

How pretty :o


No, I'm pretty sure an alliteration is the beginning of words being the same. The example I can think of is "Pour qui sont ces serpents qui sifflent sur vos têtes ?" ("For whom are these snakes who are hissing over your heads?")

I said that because you said it's like alliteration but at the end of the word instead of the beginning, and I'm saying that that's just rhyming :p

Edit: Also, fun fact, alliteration has a greater effect on adults than rhyming does, and rhyming has a greater effect on kids than alliteration.

http://thegurglingcod.typepad.com/thegurglingcod/images/2008/02/12/the_more_you_know2.jpg

[Avistew]

I said that because you said it's like alliteration but at the end of the word instead of the beginning, and I'm saying that that's just rhyming :p

Well, I figure rhyming is at the end of a verse, not in the middle of a sentence... I thought if I said it rhymed you might have imagined it was a whole verse per word, when they were actually all in the same sentence right after each other (well, with words linking them so it made sense I guess).

[GinnyN]

That... Kinda sounds like hymen.
If we're trying to find meaning to people's name.

(..)

EDIT: by the way Ginny, Chimène is a name in French, I think yours is related.

According to Wikipedia, is the feminine of Simon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone). Which mean in French is translated to Simone. And I hear in some place in Spanish in fact is written Jimena, but Ximena is from some especific place of Spain I cannot remember (I think is from Euskadi or "País Vasco", but I'm not really sure). Now, how the Hebrew "Simeon" became "Jimeno" I had no idea (Simon is, apparently, the Medieval Pronunciation of Simeon, but I cannot find how Simon become Jimeno).

Simon in hebrew mean "The one who hears" so, Ximena mean the same. Also, that can be translated as "The one who obey"* or "The one who has a divine instruction that must be hear it".

Also, my two Family Names reveals I have somewhere in the deep of my family tree, some Hebrew Relatives and some Arab Relatives. Which is come to no surprise given how both cultures affected Spain. I want to also find if I have some Mapuche relatives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche) somewhere, and I'm pretty sure I must have buuuttt, according to my parents, I have no hope to figure out.

It's fun try to find information about your names in Google. You should try sometime.

*(No, don't make a comment about that. I have a infinite stream of Inca Cola, and I know how use it. Also, I just burned my manual intruction book)

[Lena_P]

Do you mean relatives who are Hebrew or Arab, or relatives who are Hebrew and relatives who are Arab? Our names are pretty interchangeable, especially in the past.

(Also, behindthename.com is one of my favoritest siteses ever! Total name geek. :)

[Avistew]

Well, looking up Chimène, it's apparently a French form of Jimena. So it IS related.
I guess it's a bit like John/Ian in English that are two versions of the same name.

[Lena_P]

Actually Ian is originally from the Scottish, so I'm guessing Chimène is a similar secondary borrowing.

[GinnyN]

Do you mean relatives who are Hebrew or Arab, or relatives who are Hebrew and relatives who are Arab? Our names are pretty interchangeable, especially in the past.

Apparently I got the hebrew ones from my dad and the arab ones from my mom.

But, if my DNA it's telling me something, I have some Arab ones for sure.

Well, looking up Chimène, it's apparently a French form of Jimena. So it IS related.
I guess it's a bit like John/Ian in English that are two versions of the same name.

I just found the name comes from Euskadi, from the French part of Euskadi (I don't know how that works now, but, in the moment of conception, they had a french part). Probably after that "Ximena" and "Simone" get separated and, when they rediscovered both names, they created "localizated" versions of that.

Talking about localizated versions, I took a Chinese Course this semester, and I found they have official translations for certain names! Mostly for have a way to write that names in Kǎishū. I just found a list of English Names (http://www.chino-china.com/nombres/ingles.html) in Chinese and some French ones (http://www.chino-china.com/nombres/frances.html) too! (In a Spanish page (http://www.chino-china.com/nombres), but it's pretty straight forward).

The part it's fun is the country names. The first Country names they give were based on their perception of said country. For example: France (http://mandarin.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/europe.htm) is fǎ guó, which mean The Country of the Laws and USA (http://mandarin.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/countries.htm) is měi guó, which mean Beautiful Country (guó mean country). Then, the rest of the world didn't get that lucky and got a fonetic translation (For example, zhìlì for Chile, bā xī for Brazil and my favorite, xībānyá for Spain) but they cannot associate something for every country in the world, can they?.

[patters]

Do you mean relatives who are Hebrew or Arab, or relatives who are Hebrew and relatives who are Arab? Our names are pretty interchangeable, especially in the past.

(Also, behindthename.com is one of my favoritest siteses ever! Total name geek. :)

Name geek eh? What does my middle name mean then: Jovama, because I have no idea.

[Irishmile]

Nika Telltale was suggested as a facebook friend... because some of my other facebook friends are friends with her.... I think you all should use Telltale as your last name.... kinda like the Ramones.

[Lena_P]

Name geek eh? What does my middle name mean then: Jovama, because I have no idea.

Hmm, that's a totally new one on me. Well, just doing a cursory google search seems to reveal many Hispanic women named Jovama. Checking behind the name reveals no such spelling, but it does turn up Jovana, a Serbian and Macedonian female form of John. On a hunch, I try looking up "Ivama" and sure enough, it comes up as a Hispanic name. My supposition would be that when Slavic names were appropriated by Spanish speakers, their "n"s were switched to "m"s, hence your name, Jovama is from Jovana, and means "Yahweh(God) is gracious".

[Will]

Hmm, so apparently "the name William has today been interpreted to mean protector of the kingdom or realm." So I guess that makes me The Strong-Armed Protector.

.... I feel like I'm not living up to the awesomeness that is my name.

[GinnyN]

Hmm, so apparently "the name William has today been interpreted to mean protector of the kingdom or realm." So I guess that makes me The Strong-Armed Protector.

.... I feel like I'm not living up to the awesomeness that is my name.

I'm not good hearing people (or god) either, so, we're two.

[Lena_P]

Hmm, so apparently "the name William has today been interpreted to mean protector of the kingdom or realm." So I guess that makes me The Strong-Armed Protector.

.... I feel like I'm not living up to the awesomeness that is my name.

You protect the forums from spam and being overwhelmed with technical problems. (And I think William might be better translated as the "desire to protect". So your name could also be interpreted to mean, "Desiring to protect through physical strength" ... which isn't really much better, is it?)

I'm not good hearing people (or god) either, so, we're two.

You do a better job than many of the other people on this forum, and your first language isn't even English so you get extra points.

[Icedhope]

The only telltale staff I have have on my facebook are Majus and Mark. I guess I could add Nikisaur :P

[Secret Fawful]

My name is Micheal, which is a variant of Michael. Apparently it means "Who is like God?", which is a rhetorical question meaning no man is like God. Another translation translates it as "likeness to God" which could mean I'm superior to all of you.

My middle name Allan is something I share in common with the author Poe. It's a variant of Alan and it has no certain meaning.

[GinnyN]

Hmm, so apparently "the name William has today been interpreted to mean protector of the kingdom or realm." So I guess that makes me The Strong-Armed Protector.

.... I feel like I'm not living up to the awesomeness that is my name.

You protect the forums from spam and being overwhelmed with technical problems. (And I think William might be better translated as the "desire to protect". So your name could also be interpreted to mean, "Desiring to protect through physical strength" ... which isn't really much better, is it?)

I searched for Guillermo (Which is the spanish variation of William) and it's meaning is "Who desire to protect" or "Who is determined to protect" or "The determined Helmet". So, pretty much the internet in spanish is agree with Lena.

@Secret Fawful: Since you are at it: My middle name is Lucía, spanish for Lucy, which mean "Who carry the light". And I decided to search for my Family Names (The last name of my dad, and my last name of my mom) and they have NOTHING to do with either hebrew or arab people (I was really mistaken in that one). Both are derived from cities from Spain: Contreras from Castilla and Collantes from Cataluña. Oh well.

[Avistew]

.... I feel like I'm not living up to the awesomeness that is my name.

Yes you are.

My first name, Alice, apparently comes from Adelaide, although honestly I can't see it. Also, it means "noble", which I am not.

[Lena_P]

Both are derived from cities from Spain: Contreras from Castilla and Collantes from Cataluña. Oh well.

Cataluña is the homeland of Gaudí. You should be happy you're from such an awesome place! :)


My first name, Alice, apparently comes from Adelaide, although honestly I can't see it. Also, it means "noble", which I am not.

How can you say that after you nobly showed your boobs on the internet, purely in the interest of furthering the understanding of anatomy in others in the pursuit of improving their art? What is more noble than giving of yourself selflessly?

[Avistew]

How can you say that after you nobly showed your boobs on the internet, purely in the interest of furthering the understanding of anatomy in others in the pursuit of improving their art? What is more noble than giving of yourself selflessly?

a) That could also be considered selfishly showing off, since my boobs are made of awesome

b) I meant it literally, as in, I'm not nobility. It's not that rare in France even nowadays, since it's hereditary :p

[GinnyN]

My first name, Alice, apparently comes from Adelaide, although honestly I can't see it. Also, it means "noble", which I am not.

And the variant Alicia, which in spanish apparently comes from a totally diferent place (It's from the Greek Aletheia in spanish!) means "True" and "Sincere".

I was totally expecting both had the exactly same origin (Alice and the Spanish version of Alicia). I'm shocked now.

[Lena_P]

a) That could also be considered selfishly showing off, since my boobs are made of awesome

b) I meant it literally, as in, I'm not nobility. It's not that rare in France even nowadays, since it's hereditary :p

A) It is SO noble of you to share your awesome with us. *sniff* I'm so touched (possibly in the head).

B) Noble also means being of an exalted mental of moral character, or a gas that refuses to play with the other elements.

[Avistew]

And the variant Alicia, which in spanish apparently comes from a totally diferent place (It's from the Greek Aletheia in spanish!) means "True" and "Sincere".

I was totally expecting both had the exactly same origin (Alice and the Spanish version of Alicia). I'm shocked now.

Maybe it's a mix of both, or they just don't know? Alicia and Alice HAVE to be more related to each other than to Adelaide and Aletheia...

[GinnyN]

Maybe it's a mix of both, or they just don't know? Alicia and Alice HAVE to be more related to each other than to Adelaide and Aletheia...

Well...

From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis

I can see it better than Ximena and Simon.

Well... I found another source. Apparently they don't know exactly from where is. They have 3 theories:

1- From Greek alhqeia/aléceia which mean "true"
2- A variation of Aloísa - Eloísa (Luisa, which mean "Glorious Female Warrior")
3- And the really short form of Adelaide, meaning "Of Noble Origin".

Depend from the source which one is more accepted, apparently: Spanish speaking people like to accept 1, while English speaking people like to accept 3.

Hey! I just found another meaning (Seriously!): "Noble Alegría" (which I guess can be translated to "Noble Happiness") and "Comfort". Now I'm confused. Choose the one you like best.

[Avistew]

Okay, from now on my name means "Glorious female warrior of noble origin who brings true happiness".

[GinnyN]

Okay, from now on my name means "Glorious female warrior of noble origin who brings true happiness".

That's a name meaning!

[Lena_P]

Alegría kind of looks like Algeria which means "an island" so you could really add onto your name and be the "Glorious, female, island warrior of noble origin who brings true happiness". Obviously, you are secretly a great, Polynesian, warrior queen destined to unite the many peoples of Micronesia, guiding them into a new Golden Age.

[Avistew]

I think I'm more fighting for art and bringing happiness by showing off my breasts and knitting stuff.

[Lena_P]

This is exactly why we have yet to re-enter a Golden Age. At this rate we are heading right for Ragnarok.

[Avistew]

Well I'm sorry. I thought boobies were a more important cause than Golden Ages. When did that change?

[[TTG] Yare]

My names mean...

Brilliant Fame
Battle Worthy
Tip of the Spear

...so, you know. No pressure. :(

[Avistew]

Yare;294889']My names mean...

Brilliant Fame
Battle Worthy
Tip of the Spear

...so, you know. No pressure. :(


If the pressure is too much, you can call on me. I'm a warrior and stuff.

[thesporkman]

If it makes Nikki feel any better, νίκα ("nika") is an imperative form of νικάω ("nikaō," to conquer or to win) in Ancient Greek. And I suppose as a proper noun, Nika would be the Doric form of Nike, the goddess of victory, so you're like, um, a Spartan victory.

[Chyron8472]

My name is David, which apparently originates from Hebrew and means "beloved."

[Hayden]

The meaning of my names are:

Hedged (or Hay) Valley - Boring
The Rosy Meadow - Gay
(In Welsh) Fire - That's better!

[GuruGuru214]

My name is Kenny G. It means "not the goddamn saxophone player".

Seriously, though, my first name is derived from Old English words meaning "happy" or "prosperous" and "guard". And apparently my middle name is of Celtic/Gaelic origin and means "handsome". My last name apparently doesn't mean anything, and the suffix on my name means that I was named for my father who was named for his father and I won't be inflicting the name on a fourth.

[Lena_P]

If the pressure is too much, you can call on me. I'm a warrior and stuff.

The guy's name means "Tip of the Spear" and you have nothing to say about that? Really?

*sigh*

My given name and family name could be translated as "Perfect/Complete Sheltering Date Palm". Sheltering in the sense of offering shade, and perfect/complete in the sense of a circle, which is perfect and has no beginning and no end.

I could list the meaning of my middle names, but I only know about seven of them.

[Little Writer]

My real name is Johnny, which means "God is merciful" or something like that.

Merciful my behind, that name has given me lots of grief over the years, especially in high school.

My last name is the abbreviation of New York State, which is a pain when I try to google it (yes, I google my own name and I'm not ashamed of that!)

Are we all becoming Facebook friends? Who is insane enough to add me?

[GuruGuru214]

Here's something I've never said about myself on here: I object to and abstain from social networking sites. Just felt that was something I should get out there.

[Kroms]

Um, Kroms, isn't it pronounced more like "naka"? At least that's how it's pronounced in the Khaliji dialect. Which reminds me of this really funny story about a Japanese ambassador sent to King Saud ... :D

"nyaka" is the noun, "nak-ha" did it to her (also? It means "flavour"). I think you're coming in between.

Cute trivia: "nika telltale" also sounds like, "Do her, Telltale!"

[Fealiks]

You guyses names are total crap. My name means lover :cool:


of horses

[Shwoo]

My screen name is a portmanteau of "shweet" and "coo" and means "awesome", but I chose it because it was an in joke.

My real name could mean "famous, bright, strong-as-iron warrior" if you rearranged the words a bit and put the noun at the end. Or "famous, bright warrior blacksmith", which is a bit cooler.

[patters]

Hmm, that's a totally new one on me. Well, just doing a cursory google search seems to reveal many Hispanic women named Jovama. Checking behind the name reveals no such spelling, but it does turn up Jovana, a Serbian and Macedonian female form of John. On a hunch, I try looking up "Ivama" and sure enough, it comes up as a Hispanic name. My supposition would be that when Slavic names were appropriated by Spanish speakers, their "n"s were switched to "m"s, hence your name, Jovama is from Jovana, and means "Yahweh(God) is gracious".

Good effort. From what I remember my dad telling me it's from some obscure dead language/dialect (possibly translated differently/weirdly) from around where Serbia is, maybe a little more eastern though. The meaning does have to something to do with god.

[Icedhope]

I sensed talk of boobage, and for some reason led me back here. err...My first name I am told means Wise in German.

[Avistew]

The guy's name means "Tip of the Spear" and you have nothing to say about that? Really?

*sigh*

What? I like the whole spear, not just the tip. And as a warrior, I've had lots plunged into me.

I got better.

[corruptbiggins]

I know my first name comes from Hebrew and means "God is my judge". Any guesses as to what it is?

I also have two middle names (Lee James) as does my brother but at least his middle names are based on family members (our father, Michael and paternal grandfather, Reynolds - which he now doesn't use 'cos he doesn't like it!) unlike my seemingly random ones. Though actually my parents had decided on just the one middle name (James) my maternal grandfather said to them that they could name me whatever they like, he was going to call me Lee. So my parents added Lee to my name but that grandfather never did call me that!

[Shwoo]

Daniel.

[Little Writer]

I never understood the use of middle names, or simply middle initials. We only have first and last names. There was a time when you would also receive the name of your godmother and -father, but they were never used other than on official papers, and I don't think that practice is still around. Even my wife, four years younger than me, only has her first and last name on official documents.

[Avistew]

I never understood the use of middle names, or simply middle initials. We only have first and last names. There was a time when you would also receive the name of your godmother and -father, but they were never used other than on official papers, and I don't think that practice is still around. Even my wife, four years younger than me, only has her first and last name on official documents.

In France, it's not considered "middle names", you can just get more than one first name. The order is irrelevant and you're allowed to use any of them. So if you hate one of them you can use one of the other ones.

My parents just got lazy and gave their own names to all their kids. I'm the only girl so I'm the only one who has Catherine as my middle name/ one of my first names, but all of my brothers' middle names/ alternate first names are Philippe.
I find it silly. Personally I don't even consider that it's really my name, whenever asked on formal documents I just say I don't have a middle name.

[corruptbiggins]

Daniel.

Correct. Suppose it is a well known Hebrew name, for obvious reasons!

[GinnyN]

I never understood the use of middle names, or simply middle initials. We only have first and last names. There was a time when you would also receive the name of your godmother and -father, but they were never used other than on official papers, and I don't think that practice is still around. Even my wife, four years younger than me, only has her first and last name on official documents.

I got the idea, or at least here, those middle names are for avoid confusions, especially when you live in a place where some last names which are downright common. My last name is Contreras, which is common in Chile as you can get. So, there's the possibility of maybe another person which is called Ximena Contreras in this country, and then you use the middle names for diferenciate (And reduce the possibility of find ANOTHER person called exactly Ximena Lucía Contreras).

I think too is a some sort residual of that long tradition of about 200 years ago of give to some people the longest name you can think of. At least in Spanish. For example, Javiera Carrera, which is considered the mother of my country, her full name was Francisca Javiera Eudoxia Rudecinda Carmen de los Dolores de la Carrera y Verdugo . Francisca was her first name, and "de la Carrera" her last name (Verdugo is the last name of her Mother. In Spanish* we have the last name of our mothers in the name too). Everything in the middle was her "Middle names".

* I don't know in other languages, but in Spanish is in that way. I'm still confused why in English I can't use the Last Name of my mom, but I guess for Spanish speaking people, Mothers, or the mother's family side, are important enough for that. I guess!

[Avistew]

* I don't know in other languages, but in Spanish is in that way. I'm still confused why in English I can't use the Last Name of my mom, but I guess for Spanish speaking people, Mothers, or the mother's family side, are important enough for that. I guess!

Well, it's only different for one generation, since the next generation doesn't keep both names from both parents, but the father's father's name and the mother's father's name.

In France when you declare a child's birth, you can decide if you want their last names to be the father's, the mother's or both (in whichever order you want).
Double names are usually considered complicated though, so people often stop at just the first one.

I think it also comes from wanting to distinguish people more, by the way. Just like it's less likely that there will be another Ximena Contreras with Lucia as her middle name, it's probably less likely to have another Ximena Contreras (Your Mom's Name) as well.

[GinnyN]

In France when you declare a child's birth, you can decide if you want their last names to be the father's, the mother's or both (in whichever order you want).
Double names are usually considered complicated though, so people often stop at just the first one.[

I think it also comes from wanting to distinguish people more, by the way. Just like it's less likely that there will be another Ximena Contreras with Lucia as her middle name, it's probably less likely to have another Ximena Contreras (Your Mom's Name) as well.

In Chile the Middle name is optional but you still need a second last name, but you can choose the order of those last names. The only problem goes if you choose to change the order of the last names, you have to do it with all your childrens. My parents have a friend who, technically, was the last one with his last name, in Chile at least (Mostly because he has only daughters). Now he's waiting for one his daughters "marry" with someone which a really common last name and start to blackmailing him.

Ussually, we use Name - Father's Last Name - Mother's Last Name, and it's not that common to use the middle name, unless your first name is María, or you have those kind of compound names like José María, José Miguel, María José (I'm pretty sure there's one without José. But I can't think in one now), or you really get unlucky and you have a really common combinations of last names. Except if it's something like official documents and bank contracts, where the full name is the rule (By law).

It's downright unncommon anyway to find somebody without a Middle Name in my generation. Out of all my classmates in School, just one person didn't have a middle name. Sometimes they use the middle name to put a some sort of totally weird or really uncommon name. It's some sort of normal to hear English Names, Mapuche names or names based in TV series if your parents are geek enough. There's some cases which are dramatic, like, when Brazilian Star Xuxa were famous, and little girls start to had Xuxa as their middle name. And, Xuxa in Chile (Or at least the pronounciation) is a swearword.

[Lena_P]

"nyaka" is the noun, "nak-ha" did it to her (also? It means "flavour"). I think you're coming in between.

Cute trivia: "nika telltale" also sounds like, "Do her, Telltale!"

Writing things out in Roman letters is just making me more confused, but I'll take your word for it. (Are you saying it's noon, yah, kalf, and kalf and the aspirant "h"?) We also don't use that word for "flavor", but ta'am.

Anyhoo, my middle names are actually patronymics, basically a listing of my genealogy, so my brother and I have the exact same middle names. Like in Chile, we also have many common names so listing at least two middle names on official documents help to distinguish one person from another ... although I still have two cousins with the exact same four names. One is about twenty years older than the other one, but still.

[Avistew]

I think last names were to distinguish people, too. I mean last names tend to be something like a first name (sometimes along with "son of"), a job or a place. It's easy to see how they could have come from distinguishing between John, the son of Matthew, and Jon, the baker. Or something.

My last name wasn't common enough for me to require a middle name even before I got married and got an almost unique name (only my husband and I have that last name. And we have different first names). So I'm not too worried about being confused with someone else.

Also, the date of birth, location of birth and parent's names are usually required for documents where no confusion should be possible. For instance, in my livret de famille ("family booklet". Given to people when they get married or have a child, whichever comes first) it lists both our full names and places + dates of birth, then the same for each of our parents.

[Lena_P]

Well, our family name is our tribe's name actually, which is basically named after the founder of our tribe so it's like being name Johnson but not exactly. It's more like being name Johnan in the sense that the ending is similar to the ending of national names, like American or Chilean or that kind of thing. There's another version of our name that means "Children of So-and-So", but it's not usually used when referring to an individual but the tribe as a whole.

Also, they didn't have birth certificates thousands of years ago when our naming convention got started :p

[Avistew]

I was talking about nowadays :p
When the conventions were started, there were probably also a lot less people and therefore less possible confusion.

[Lena_P]

You have no idea how big my family is ... or how unoriginal they are with names.

[GinnyN]

Nah. The Spanish Actual Naming Convention is a simplificated version of the old one. My both last names come from a guy who decided change his last name from "son of" to "from that place". In my case my full name with those standarts will be: Ximena Lucía de Contreras y Collantes, translated to Ximena Lucía of Contreras and Collantes.

Now, for naming conventions, you should see Islandic ones. For example, if I were daughter of a guy named John, my name would be Ximena Johnsdottir, which mean Daughter of John. If I had a son and I named him, John, his name would be John Ximenason, which mean Son of Ximena. They have some actual last names like English Naming convention (Scheving I think is pretty common), but this way of naming people is still pretty popular. You can find guys named Stephan Stephanson for example, which mean Stephan son of Stephan =P.

[Lena_P]

If I ever had kids, I'd love to name my daughter, "Shemse" and my son "Beder" since they mean Sun and Moon, but, again, I already have cousins with those names, and they look really weird written in Roman characters.

[Avistew]

Reminds me of Russian. Your last name (well, actually it's kind of a middle name I guess) means son/daughter of.

[GinnyN]

If I ever had kids, I'd love to name my daughter, "Shemse" and my son "Beder" since they mean Sun and Moon, but, again, I already have cousins with those names, and they look really weird written in Roman characters.

It's not that awful. My mom is also named Ximena, and the only problem I had in fact is even my youngest cousin (And one of my nieces, that spoiled brat*) call me Ximenita, which mean Little Ximena. It's like Tommy for Tom, except is also has a cutesy meaning as well. But it's not like that just started recently...

* She doesn't even call me Aunt! And that's because she's an spoiled brat! I'm pretty sure she doesn't realize I'm her mom's cousin or something. I mean, she seemly forgot my mom is her granma's sister! Annnddddd... because technically I'm not her aunt (By law). So, I cannot complain

[Avistew]

People have such huge families...
I have 3 brothers, but only one (female) cousin who lives in Puerto Rico so I've seen her only a few times, and never for very long. I have no grandmothers although I have two grandfathers, and just one uncle & aunt on my dad's side (my cousin's parents, who are divorced), and an aunt on my mom's side, who is single.

Hum, and my mom's dad has a brother, who is married, so I have a great-aunt and great-uncle.

... And that's it! What with everyone having huge families? :p It just feels weird when I hear people talk about they want a small wedding with only close relatives, so 100 people... I had so much trouble finding 15 or so people to invite xD

[Kroms]

Writing things out in Roman letters is just making me more confused, but I'll take your word for it. (Are you saying it's noon, yah, kalf, and kalf and the aspirant "h"?) We also don't use that word for "flavor", but ta'am.

"Ta'am" is Classical. Everyone uses Ta'am. If you pick up a packet of juice on your next trip to the market, it should say "Be ta'am al Farawla" or "Bi nakiha al farawla".

So it's like this:

In Leb/Jordan/Syria, the degrading way to say intercourse is :ناكها
And obviously this is flavour: نكهة
And this is the classical and Gulf way to say it: طعم

While the extra Alef in 'intercourse' makes the spelling different, it sounds exactly the same in non-gulf slang. Try saying it in Lebanese or Jordanian dialect and you'll sort of see why I laughed at "Nika Telltale". :)


... And that's it! What with everyone having huge families? :p It just feels weird when I hear people talk about they want a small wedding with only close relatives, so 100 people... I had so much trouble finding 15 or so people to invite xD

This is ridiculous, even by Arabic standards, but a friend of mine has ten sisters and seventeen brothers. I personally have 2 uncles, 3 aunts on my mum's side (excluding my mum + 1 deceased aunt, which brings their total to 7), and 2 aunts, 5 uncles (excluding my dad + 1 deceased uncle, bringing the total to 9) on my dad's side. They all have a bunch of kids. Even so, this is pretty normal for an Arabic family.

My kids won't have that luxury (man, big families, if close, are so great). I have a brother and a sister. It's probably good in the long run, but I'm going to miss those big meet-ups every weekend when I'm older.

[Avistew]

I really HAVE to learn Arabic.
Someday. It's on the list.

[GinnyN]

... And that's it! What with everyone having huge families? :p It just feels weird when I hear people talk about they want a small wedding with only close relatives, so 100 people... I had so much trouble finding 15 or so people to invite xD

You can still invite Close Friends, and Close Friends of the Groom, and close friends of your parents. In fact I was invited to a Small Wedding and, don't trying to say it's not nice and all, why didn't they, instead of invite me, invite a close friend or something? I mean, I'm not really friend of my cousin (Who was getting married) and, if it's because you have to invite someone from the Family, with my parents is enough! Looks like my family is a pack of 4 people and if you invite my parents you have to invite me and my sister (Ah?). In fact, there's another wedding I didn't go because my parents believed the same and told to the couple my sis and I couldn't go for College reasons (Which is partially true =P) and they were the whole wedding answering why we didn't go. The lesson was: Don't try to understand them, just go.

So, in a way, small family means more room for friends. Even if your family wants to make you more room for your friends.

About weddings: I'm sick to not know what the *** I'm eating in a wedding, so, if I ever get married, I wanna have an Argentinian Barbecue (AND play Fizzball, that it's a bit more difficult).

[Lena_P]

I gets ya now, Kroms, although I would still write that as "neka" in English. And I'm Arab on one side, Catholic on the other. If I'm ever married no one is going to know about it until after the fact. -_-'

[Avistew]

Well, I invited close friends. I just don't have that many of them.
All family invitations were for the ceremony only and specified as not compulsory. Wouldn't want people there who didn't want to be there.
My parents and two of my brothers came, so did my mom's father and sister.
On his side, his parents came, his brother didn't.
The rest was friends. And their guests.

I totally agree with not inviting people if you don't want to. It feels silly to have your wedding become a chore rather than a great day.

We had first planned to have a specific meal, but in the end we decided to eat in a restaurant so everyone could order what they wanted. It was awesome. (That was after the ceremony, so the families weren't there.)

Then we went to play bowling, pool and arcade games. It was awesome.

Here, one of the pictures (http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/Avistew/Wedding/IMG_6816.jpg) taken after the ceremony, with everyone except for one of my best friends, who took the picture. (Just to give you an idea of how many people were there).

I guess my point is just, I can't imagine managing to find 100 people to invite, or how that can be considered a "small" wedding lol.

I remember when I joined facebook with a "married" status, people kept writing on my wall "you're married? Why wasn't I invited?" after they found/added me. Well, maybe because I haven't talked to you in five, ten or fifteen years? Why the hell would I invite you? :p

[Lena_P]

Well, I have "close" cousins who are actually third and fourth cousins, and if I got married I'd be expected to invite even the "distant" relatives who probably would show up since it's an excuse to buy a fancy dress and party all night.

[GinnyN]

Well, I invited close friends. I just don't have that many of them.
All family invitations were for the ceremony only and specified as not compulsory. Wouldn't want people there who didn't want to be there.

It's not like I didn't want to be here. It's just look like a waste to invite me instead to invite a really close friend just because you have to invite family.

My parents and two of my brothers came, so did my mom's father and sister.
On his side, his parents came, his brother didn't.
The rest was friends. And their guests.

I totally agree with not inviting people if you don't want to. It feels silly to have your wedding become a chore rather than a great day.

Here's in the South part of the Americas, the Wedding is normally planned with the parents of the soon-to-be married couple (It's about to change though). In fact, I was planning to say I could leave my seat so they can invite one of the Best friends of the Mother of the Groom (My cousin was the Bride), BUT, apparently, the division of the seats were a some sort of War so, better keep quiet.

(I think they somehow divide the seats, and then the Groom/Bride divide his/her seats with their parents. The tradition also stated the Parents has to also pay the Wedding).

We had first planned to have a specific meal, but in the end we decided to eat in a restaurant so everyone could order what they wanted. It was awesome. (That was after the ceremony, so the families weren't there.)

Then we went to play bowling, pool and arcade games. It was awesome.


THAT'S AWESOME! But I'm pretty sure it's impossible here.

I remember when I joined facebook with a "married" status, people kept writing on my wall "you're married? Why wasn't I invited?" after they found/added me. Well, maybe because I haven't talked to you in five, ten or fifteen years? Why the hell would I invite you? :p

Here's no one will write something like that, but feel bad about it anyway.

[Avistew]

THAT'S AWESOME! But I'm pretty sure it's impossible here.

That wasn't very traditional for France either :p

Let's see, the way it goes legally in France, is first you have the legal ceremony, that is with the mayor at the city hall. You can be just the couple and the witnesses for that.
Then there is the religious ceremony if you're religious, which most people consider the "real" wedding, with the ring exchange and stuff. Although usually all guests go to both.

Because we're not religious, we didn't organise to have the "second" wedding, and had the one ceremony at the City Hall.

Then we went in the restaurant and everything as I said. But usually people would have cars planned for all the guests to be driven to the Church (or other place of the religious wedding), then after that would go to the reception, which is where there is the food, and usually music, dancing and stuff.

I've never actually been invited to a wedding so my only experience is my own lol. But from movies and books and stuff I have some idea of how it usually goes.

My parents only did the City Hall ceremony with no guests and paid some guy on the street to be their witness xD
The didn't even warn anyone they got married until after the fact.

The funny part is they were terrified I'd do the same. I remember once I ordered a birth certificate for something or other, and my mom freaked out, thinking I was getting married secretly (I was like, 17 or 18, too -_-').

[nikasaur]

If it makes Nikki feel any better, νίκα ("nika") is an imperative form of νικάω ("nikaō," to conquer or to win) in Ancient Greek. And I suppose as a proper noun, Nika would be the Doric form of Nike, the goddess of victory, so you're like, um, a Spartan victory.

As is Nichole, derivative of Victory. So wait...

That means I am a weary yet victorious Harp player.


My middle name means WEARY?

[Rather Dashing]

As is Nichole, derivative of Victory. So wait...

That means I am a weary yet victorious Harp player.


My middle name means WEARY?
All that victory tires a person out!

[GinnyN]

The Legal Ceremony here is celebrated depending of what's the couple believe. Ussually, it don't have too many difference of date with the religious one (But this one is in week days, and have just the witness). Sometimes there's no Religious One, but they treat the Legal like the Religious. Or, sometimes like my other cousins, they decide to have the Legal Ceremony and a party, and then the Religious one and a party, again.

There's other people who are too thick headed and believe they had to have the Religious one even if they can't. My cousin of the last wedding I went in fact wasn't getting married by christianity (They can't, because the groom was divorced). So, I didn't went to a Wedding, I went to a Blessing of their Relationship! Pretty much they invented a ceremony so she can get married in white. But after that, I keep thinking and, Why they didn't that but in the Legal Ceremony?

[GinnyN]

As is Nichole, derivative of Victory. So wait...

That means I am a weary yet victorious Harp player.


My middle name means WEARY?

Nichole, deritative of Nicole, which is the feminine of Nicholas, which come from the greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which mean "Victory of the People". (Which one is your middle name?)

By the way, why can I track the phonetics of almost all the names now except my own?

[puzzlebox]

I really like having a middle name, probably because family use my first + middle initials as an affectionate nickname. It makes me feel loved. :p

[Avistew]

I like nicknames. It feels more unique and personal, and some thoughts goes into them (well, unless you just use the super-common nickname I guess).

My family call me Lissou and my best friend calls me Al. My husband calls me "ma moelleuse". There is a type of chocolate cake called "moelleux (http://palaisdesdelices.canalblog.com/images/MoelleuxChocolat.jpg)". I don't mind being called after such a cake :D (moelleuse is the feminine form).
Some people also call me Avi, and I guess in a way Avistew's a nickname too.

[GuruGuru214]

In a way, I'm totally nickname-resistant. Nobody's ever managed to stick one on me. However, I've been called by my shortened middle name since birth, so in a way I have the most permanent nickname of all. But the closest I get to being called something that feels like a nickname is if someone uses my first name.

[Katsuro]

My nicknames (for my real name mind you) are terrible. All of them. No exceptions.

[Ribs]

My nicknames (for my real name mind you) are terrible. All of them. No exceptions.

http://www.eric-tesol.com/images/thor.jpg

[Lena_P]

You don't like being called Stoney McHammerson? :(

[Katsuro]

[awesome picture of manliness]

Thaaaaat's not a nickname, that's the heritage. Which is awesome <3

You don't like being called Stoney McHammerson? :(
D:

[GinnyN]

You don't like being called Stoney McHammerson? :(

Considering his name means "Stone of Thor" that's sound pretty apropiate.

No hard feelings, seriously

[Avistew]

I choose this moment to point out that I don't get the title of this thread.

[Lena_P]

Oh, we were originally talking about the Telltale's hairstyles. You know, like, "Mark Darin's short flip is a great look for him," and "I really think Chuck needs to make peace with his beard." and "nikasaur's red streaks look great, but do you think purple could work, too?"

[nikasaur]

"nikasaur's red streaks look great, but do you think purple could work, too?"

The purple didn't take. Went back to red.

[Friar]

(Also, behindthename.com is one of my favoritest siteses ever! Total name geek. :)Then you might like http://www.wolframalpha.com/. It's basically some uber search engine type thing that brings up data based on what you search. Type in a name, and you'll get a chart with the US census data on how many people are called that, how old they are, etc.) Plus, it can do calculus!

Also, my name (Liam) didn't exist before 1970 it seems. Or was rare. =(
http://www4c.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP40319a955046c5b155c0000434h0505geedc9f4?MSPStor eType=image/gif&s=43&w=496&h=183

[[TTG] Yare]

Liam is the same as William.

[Secret Fawful]

Cute trivia: "nika telltale" also sounds like, "Do her, Telltale!"

O_o

[Avistew]

Yare;295248']Liam is the same as William.

Technically, wouldn't Liam be the future of William?

[Friar]

Yare;295248']Liam is the same as William.
It comes from there, but it's its own name in it's own right. Kinda like Steve is different from Stephen/Steven, or Dave & David.

[GinnyN]

Then you might like http://www.wolframalpha.com/. It's basically some uber search engine type thing that brings up data based on what you search. Type in a name, and you'll get a chart with the US census data on how many people are called that, how old they are, etc.) Plus, it can do calculus!

My name exists in the USA since the 2000! (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Ximena) Awesome! (It's not that common here, I was hoping that will be less common there!)

[Friar]

My name exists in the USA since the 2000! (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Ximena) Awesome! (It's not that common here, I was hoping that will be less common there!)
Ximena? I always assumed your name was Ginny!

[Avistew]

http://www1.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP123619a956i89h830692000036fc223gaee988cb?MSPSto reType=image/gif&s=50&w=496&h=186

I'm going extinct!

[Friar]

http://www1.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP123619a956i89h830692000036fc223gaee988cb?MSPSto reType=image/gif&s=50&w=496&h=186

I'm going extinct!
Ha! What's your average age?

[Avistew]

Ha! What's your average age?

63...

[Katsuro]

http://www4a.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP1419a95a0e2a6aahh60000256921d74e33c536?MSPStore Type=image/gif&s=8&w=496&h=180

Ha. Good to see Max is getting stronger again :D

Poor Sam though...
http://www4a.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP7219a959dh6bgdi97f00005a2i88e1id106572?MSPStore Type=image/gif&s=22&w=496&h=188

[Avistew]

Did you check "Sam" or "Samuel"?

[GinnyN]

Samuel

http://www4c.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP267219a94d5hhg4cf946000058h2iei9dci44b70?MSPSto reType=image/gif&s=62&w=496&h=188

Maximilian

http://www4c.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP216219a94e502330cf2d00005hd34e440hgeb72a?MSPSto reType=image/gif&s=39&w=496&h=183

Soo... the shorter version is more common than the full one.

[puzzlebox]

Use a comparative chart, the scales can change!

Sam & Max:

http://www4a.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP25519a958ac7a9hb17f00002beb609ebbbf0b1g?MSPStor eType=image/gif&s=58&w=496&h=215

[GinnyN]

there's a way to sum the results of Sam and Samuel, and the results of Max, Maximilian and Maxwell?

[puzzlebox]

Er, I'd take these figures with a grain of salt... apparently there are 185 dudes in the U.S. called Rachel (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=rachel&a=*DPClash.GivenNameE.rachel-_**Rachel.UnitedStates.male--).

[Friar]

there's a way to sum the results of Sam and Samuel, and the results of Max, Maximilian and Maxwell?
Just put comma's between the names.

e.g search for Sam, Samuel gives you this graph http://www4c.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP5919a95ba2gd89cgd400001iga4d2395b14897?MSPStore Type=image/gif&s=2&w=496&h=215

*edit* Oh wait, i misread your post. I guess the only way to do it would be with the raw data itself (adding the totals of number alive today together, and comparing the numbers)

[puzzlebox]

I think she wants to aggregate (Sam + Samuel) and compare with (Max + Maxmillian + Maxwell).

EDIT: Yeah you got it, never mind. :)

[GinnyN]

Ah.. that can't be! it's freaking Wolfram, they did Mathematica! (I think...)

[[TTG] Yare]

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28+%28+number+of+Robert+%29+*+%28+volume+of+hu man+body+%29%29+%2F+%28+volume+of+ceres+%29

If you took all the men named Robert, ground them into gelatin and launched them into space, the resulting Robert-eroid would have 2.25 times the volume of Ceres.

There's a dwarf planet's worth of Roberts in the world.

Person-liters per mile cubed. :3

[GinnyN]

Yare;295295']There's a dwarf planet's worth of Roberts in the world.

In USA.

Which make that worse.

[Avistew]

So, Robert, what nicknames do you prefer?

[[TTG] Yare]

So, Robert, what nicknames do you prefer?

Robert.

[Avistew]

Yare;295336']Robert.

That's not a nickname.

[The Highway]

It is if your name was Robertulio.

[Avistew]

It is if your name was Robertulio.

And it is if your name is Peter. But I meant it's his actual first name. Calling him that isn't using a nickname, it's using his real, full name. Which is boring and impersonal. What kind of stalker am I if I call him the same way a complete stranger who has seen his ID would?

But oh well, if that's what he prefers.

My husband's middle name is Robert, incidentally.

[puzzlebox]

Yare;295295']If you took all the men named Robert, ground them into gelatin and launched them into space, the resulting Robert-eroid would have 2.25 times the volume of Ceres.

Don't planets get denser as they get bigger because of their own increased gravitational force, so calculating volume isn't quite as simple as a direct multiplication? Or is that only true for gas planets and not terrestrial ones?

... I have no idea which category a gelatinised-Robert planetoid would fall into anyway. :p

[Lena_P]

Liam is (supposedly) the Irish form of William, so it's not just a shortened version of the name. So what kind of mass would all the Roberts have if we left them as is? And how did you figure out how much gelatin each one of them would make?

[GinnyN]

He's not even counting all the variations of Robert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert#Variations)!

[Avistew]

He's not even counting all the variations of Robert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert#Variations)!

Ahaha, "Squid". I want to call Yare "Squid", now xD
In the feminine forms, they didn't even put Roberte!

Anyway. Since he said his favourite nickname is "Robert", and he can't possibly be meaning his actual first name, he probably means his favourite nickname is the French pronunciation of Robert. So I'll be calling you that, Robert.
And until we meet face to face and talk and stuff, you won't even be able to tell!
MWAHAHAHA!

[Lena_P]

"Squid" is an Australian nickname for Robert? puzzlebox, could you verify that one for us, please?

[The Highway]

heehee, I have an uncle Squid! It is true.

[GinnyN]

heehee, I have an uncle Squid! It is true.

YAY for Wikipedia!

[The Highway]

Yes, Yay for Wikipedia!...
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_problem_with_wikipedia.png

In other news... 1000!

[Avistew]

I think we should host a wet T-shirt contest.

Also, the Internet in general does that to me, not just Wikipedia.

[Lena_P]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tXBczrkahM

[The Highway]

I think we should host a wet T-shirt contest.

Also, the Internet in general does that to me, not just Wikipedia.

And then what? You'll post the pictures to the boobs thread? Mention how different wet boobs look from dry boobs, and how that can be used artistically?

[Lena_P]

You wouldn't see the boobs if we're wearing t-shirts.

[Avistew]

Hehe. I've heard a lot about that show but I had never seen it before.

[The Highway]

You wouldn't see the boobs if we're wearing t-shirts.

Do you not understand how a wet tshirt contest works? Ok, girls wearing white tshirts. what happens to a white shirt if it gets wet? bingo.

[Lena_P]

It does raise an interesting question, don't you think? Which shirt wins? The one that absorbs fastest, or the one that absorbs the most?

And have you never heard of a t-shirt bra?

[The Highway]

*facepalm* i know that was a joke, but still. THE SHIRT TURNS SEE THROUGH! HOT CHA!

[Lena_P]

So I'm guessing you haven't heard of a t-shirt bra.

[The Highway]

bras are not allowed in wet tshirt contests!

[Avistew]

I've been in wet shirt contests and I confirm everything.

a) bras aren't allowed (if you're wearing one you have to remove it)
b) the shirts have to be white and of a kind that becomes see through when wet (usually provided by the contest)
c) the water is super cold, so that the nipples get erect

The point is to see naked, erect boobs that are also wet.
It's a lot of fun. Silly fun, but fun :p

[Shwoo]

"Squid" is an Australian nickname for Robert? puzzlebox, could you verify that one for us, please?
I've never heard of that, but it doesn't surprise me. Maybe it's a regional thing and not done where I live?

[puzzlebox]

I've never heard of that, but it doesn't surprise me.

Ditto. I also have an uncle Robert, and we call him, y'know, Rob. :p

[puzzlebox]

"Squid" is an Australian nickname for Robert? puzzlebox, could you verify that one for us, please?

Actually, I have a plausible theory as to why Robert = "Squid":


Bob is short for Robert
Bob is also slang for pounds (Australia used pounds before the currency was decimalised in 1966)
Another slang term for pounds is quid
Squid is rhyming slang for quid


So I'm guessing it was more common before and just after decimalisation, and it's mostly older guys with that nickname - which would explain why Shwoo and I are unfamiliar with it.